He had told the alleged victim: «The police can stay with you 24 hours a day, but they can't protect you forever. I will do twenty years in prison, but you will end up in the ground." These are the words, together with other elements, which convinced the judges of the Tempio Court to order the prison measure for an alleged stalker who has been persecuting and threatening his ex-partner for months. Not a ban on approach, but transfer to a cell in the Bancali penitentiary.

The events occurred in Olbia on 6 December, the recipient of the order from investigating judge Caterina Interlandi is a 40-year-old man. The story is summarized in the act that orders the precautionary measure. Last Wednesday the man was arrested by the Olbia police as he was about to enter his ex-wife's house, where the couple's youngest son was also present. Before showing up at the house, the alleged stalker writes to his ex: "I'll cut your head off and put it in a bag." In January this year the man allegedly threatened his ex-wife with death after breaking into her home. The alleged victim is assisted by the lawyer Giuseppe Corda. The arrested man rejects the police's reconstruction of the events. The defender, criminal lawyer Abele Cherchi, announced an appeal to the Review.

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